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The Lake States Forest Experiment Station is glad to facilitate the work of the Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee in encouraging and coordinating forest genetics activities in this region. We are happy, therefore, to publish this Proceedings of the Fourth Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, as we did for the preceding three conferences in 1953,...

The Lake States Forest Experiment Station has given active support to the Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee since the Committee's inception in 1953. In the interests of encouraging and coordinating forest genetics activities in this region, we are happy to publish this Proceedings of the Fifth Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, as we did...

I am firmly convinced that the Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee, and similar groups in other regions, can play an important role in encouraging and coordinating research and other activities in forest genetics. As this new field of work continues to expand, which it assuredly will, it will become of increasing importance to maintain close liaison among the...

Over the years there has been a small but impportant amount of research in forest genetics in the Lake States, and recently there has beeen a growing awareness of the importance of tree improvement in this region. For these reasons it appeared that a meeting of people active or interested in forest genetics might be worth while. So after consultation with a number of...

The Third Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference culminated the activities of the Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee and offered an opportmity to report on committee work for the past biennium. It also provided an important means for the Committee to meet its major objective - the encouraging and coordinating of forest tree improvement activities in...

This is the fifth annual report on the pulpwood harvest in the Lakes States counties. Another record in pulpwood production was established in 1963 when the Lake States cut amounted to 3,662,300 cords--10 percent larger than the previous high of 3,342,400 cords in 1962. Pulpwood from roundwood accounted for 96 percent of the total cut; the remaining 4 percent came...

This is the sixth annual report on the pulpwood harvest in the Lakes States counties. The 1964 harvest of pulpwood in the Lakes States amounted to approximately 3.628,000 cords, 1 percent less than the all-time high in 1963. Ninety-six percent of the pulpwood production was roundwood, while the remaining 4 percent was wood residue supplied by local primary wood-using...

There are "northern hardwoods" in the Lake States and "northern hardwoods" in the Northeast. The term is the same but the forest cover types, stand, and site conditions can be very different. The silvicultural treatments that work in the Northeast may not work at all in the Lake States. And what works in the Lake States will work - but not the best...

Jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) is the most common pine in the Lake States and is expected to play an increasingly important role in Lake States planting programs. This species is easy to plant successfully even on dry, sandy soils. Its rapid growth during the first 30 years makes it suitable for intensive-culture, short-rotation forestry. And it...

In April of 1953 the Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Committee was formed, following a regional conference sponsored by the Lake States Forest Experiment Station. Since that time there has been a marked increase in the amount of tree improvement work done in this region, and the Committee has performed a valuable service in encouraging and coordinating such...

Fire-adapted forests of the Lake States region are poorly studied relative to those of the western and southeastern United States and our knowledge base of regional short- and long-term fire effects on soils is limited. We compiled and assessed the body of literature addressing fire effects on soils in Lake States forests to facilitate the re-measurement of previous...

Since white pine is one of the most desirable tree species for the Lake States region, it is unfortunate that fear of the blister rust disease has greatly limited the amount of white pine planted. Research has shown that, in many areas, loss from the disease has not been great even where pine stands have not been protected through ribes eradication. Conversely, in...

Variation among Lake States jack pine seed sources in survival, total height, diameter, volume per tree, and volume per acre grown for 20 years at 14 locations in the Lake States are presented and discussed. Seed collection and seed production area recommendations are included.

This summary of the white spruce literature covers the structure, site relations, population dynamics, and cultural practices applicable to established plantations in the Lake States. The objective of this paper is to assemble and organize all information relevant to the silviculture, growth, and yield of white spruce plantations in the Lake States .

Demand for Lake States pulpwood gained strength in 1965, but production failed to rise. Adverse weather during part of the year and a general shortage of woods labor were deterrents to a larger harvest. The total pulpwood cut was 3,636,000 cords in 1965, representing very little change over the level of the 2 previous years. The tempo of pulpwood activities started...

Red pine stands throughout the Lake States were sampled to determine the relation between site index and bole internode lengths. The total length of 5 internodes beginning at the first whorl above 8 feet is a good estimator of site index (average error 3.3 feet) for both plantations and natural stands throughout the Lake States.

Describes in detail a management subsystem to simulate cutting in Lake States forest types. This subsystem is part of a Stand and Tree Evaluation and Modeling System (STEMS) contained in the Forest Resource Evaluation Program (FREP) for the Lake States. The management subsystem can be used to test the effect of alternate management strategies.

Jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) is one of the major pulpwood producing species in the Lake States. It is found on a variety of sites, but its outstanding characteristic is its ability to make early rapid growth on dry sandy soils.

In: Joint Proceedings of the Second Genetics Workshop of the Society of American Foresters and the Seventh Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference; Res. Pap. NC-6. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 84-88

Contains 21 technical working papers prepared for the Lake States regional forest resources assessment, Lake States Forestry Alliance 1995. They represent significant contributions from many individuals and organizations and form the technical background for the assessment.

Because there is very little difference in the stacked unpeeled volumes of most native trees cut for pulpwood in the Lake States, a generalized cordwood table can be used. Tech. Note 202 (Aug. 1943) presented a table for trees from 6 to 14 inches d.b.h. and 1 to -7 bolts in usable height. Because of the demand for similar information for both smaller and larger trees,...